Elites, institutions and the quality of government. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Carl Dahlström, Lena Wängnerud.
• Editors: Dahlström, Carl; Wängnerud, Lena
• Contents: List of illustrationsAbbreviationsPrefacePART I: INTRODUCTION1. How institutions constrain elites from destructive behavior; Carl Dahlström and Lena Wängnerud 2. Good Societies Need Good Leaders on a Leash; Sören Holmberg and Bo Rothstein3. Are Corrupt Elites Necessary for Corrupt Countries?; Susan Rose-Ackerman4. Prestige, Immunity and Diplomats: Understanding Sexual Corruption; Ann TownsPART II: HISTORY AND STATE-BUILDING5. The Political and Historical Origins of Good Government: How Social Contracts Shape Elite Behavior; Anna Persson and Martin Sjöstedt6. Political Leadership and Quality of Government: Restraining Elites at Nascent Statehood; Ulrika Möller and Isabell Schierenbeck7. Rulers and their Elite Rivals: How Democratization has Increased Incentives for Corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa; Michelle D'Arcy8. Stability and Stagnation; Anders SundellPART III: POWER-SHARING 9. Democratic and Professional Accountability; Carl Dahlström and Victor Lapuente10. Property Rights without Democracy: The Role of Elites' Rotation and Asset Ownership; Leonid Polishchuk and Georgiy Syunyaev11. Dynamic Economic Growth as a Constraint on Elite Behavior; Petrus Olander12. Political Control of Bureaucracies as an Incentive for Party Behavior; Agnes Cornell and Marcia GrimesPART IV: POLITICAL PARTIES13. Political Parties and the Politics of The Quality Of Government; Philip Keefer14. Why Women In Encompassing Welfare States Punish Corrupt Political Parties; Helena Stensöta, Lena Wängnerud and Mattias Agerberg15. Anti-Corruption Parties and Good Government; Andreas Bågenholm and Nicholas Charron16. Can Elections Combat Corruption? Accountability and Partisanship; Georgios Xezonakis, Spyros Kosmidis and Stefan DahbergIndex.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 305.52; Elite (Social sciences) -- Political activity; Power (Social sciences); Political corruption
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137556288
• Related ISBNs: 9781137556271
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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